CN112771600A

CN112771600A - Pixel circuit, driving method thereof, array substrate and display device

Info

Publication number: CN112771600A
Application number: CN201980001352.XA
Authority: CN
Inventors: 王灿; 岳晗; 张粲; 玄明花; 杨明
Original assignee: BOE Technology Group Co Ltd
Current assignee: BOE Technology Group Co Ltd
Priority date: 2019-08-14
Filing date: 2019-08-14
Publication date: 2021-05-07
Anticipated expiration: 2039-08-14
Also published as: EP4016510B1; US11922881B2; EP4016510A4; JP2022551774A; US20220139322A1; US11615747B2; US20230197007A1; WO2021026827A1; CN112771600B; EP4016510A1

Abstract

A pixel circuit (10), a driving method thereof, an array substrate (1) and a display device are provided. The pixel circuit (10) includes a first adjustment circuit (100) and a second adjustment circuit (200). The first adjusting circuit (100) is configured to receive a first Data signal (Data1) and a light emission control signal (EM) to control the magnitude of a driving current for driving the light emitting element (300) to emit light; the second adjusting circuit (200) is configured to receive the second Data signal (Data2) and the time control signal (TC) to control the time when the driving current is applied to the light emitting element (300); wherein the time control signal (TC) varies during a time period in which the emission control signal (EM) allows the drive current to be generated. The pixel circuit (10) can control the time of the driving current applied to the light-emitting element (300), and on the premise of ensuring that the light-emitting element (300) works at higher current density, the light-emitting element (300) can realize various gray scale display by controlling the light-emitting time of the light-emitting element (300).

Description

Pixel circuit, driving method thereof, array substrate and display device

Technical Field

The embodiment of the disclosure relates to a pixel circuit, a driving method thereof, an array substrate and a display device.

Background

Light-Emitting Diode (LED) display technology is a display technology based on LEDs forming pixel cells. In the LED display technology, Organic Light Emitting Diodes (OLEDs) are more and more widely applied in the display fields of mobile phones, tablet computers, digital cameras, and the like, and micron-sized light emitting diodes (μ LEDs, for example, micro LEDs with a grain size smaller than 100 μm), quantum dot light emitting diodes (QLEDs), and the like have good market prospects in the display fields, and thus are more and more regarded by the industry.

Disclosure of Invention

At least one embodiment of the present disclosure provides a pixel circuit including a first adjusting circuit and a second adjusting circuit; the first adjusting circuit is configured to receive a first data signal and a light-emitting control signal to control the magnitude of a driving current for driving the light-emitting element to emit light; the second adjustment circuit is configured to receive a second data signal and a timing control signal to control a timing of the driving current applied to the light emitting element, wherein the timing control signal varies over a period of time that the light emission control signal allows the driving current to be generated.

For example, in some embodiments of the present disclosure, there is provided a pixel circuit, wherein the second adjusting circuit includes a first control circuit and a second control circuit; the first control circuit comprises a first control end, a first end and a second end; the second control circuit is configured to control a level of the first control terminal of the first control circuit using the second data signal and the time control signal to control a time when the driving current flows through the first and second terminals of the first control circuit.

For example, some embodiments of the present disclosure provide pixel circuits in which the first control circuit includes a control transistor; the grid electrode of the control transistor is used as a first control end of the first control circuit and is electrically connected with the second control circuit, the first pole of the control transistor is used as a first end of the first control circuit, and the second pole of the control transistor is used as a second end of the first control circuit.

For example, in a pixel circuit provided in some embodiments of the present disclosure, the second control circuit includes a second write circuit and a voltage adjustment circuit; the second write circuit is configured to write the second data signal to the first node in response to a second scan signal; the voltage adjustment circuit is configured to store the written second data signal and adjust a level of the first node in response to the timing control signal.

For example, in a pixel circuit provided in some embodiments of the present disclosure, the second control circuit further includes a third write circuit; the third write circuit is configured to write a third data signal to the voltage adjustment circuit as the time control signal in response to a third scan signal.

For example, some embodiments of the present disclosure provide pixel circuits in which the second write circuit includes a second write transistor, the voltage regulating circuit includes a voltage regulating transistor and a second storage capacitor; a gate of the second write transistor is connected to a second scan signal terminal to receive the second scan signal, a first pole of the second write transistor is connected to a second data signal terminal to receive the second data signal, and a second pole of the second write transistor is connected to the first node; the gate of the voltage regulating transistor is connected to a time control signal terminal to receive the time control signal, the first pole of the voltage regulating transistor is connected to a first power supply terminal to receive a first power supply voltage, the second pole of the voltage regulating transistor is connected to the first node, the first end of the second storage capacitor is connected to the first node, and the second end of the second storage capacitor is connected to the first power supply terminal.

For example, in some embodiments of the present disclosure provide pixel circuits, the voltage regulating circuit further includes a time-controlled resistor; the first electrode of the voltage regulating transistor is connected with the first power supply end through the time control resistor.

For example, in some embodiments of the present disclosure, there is provided a pixel circuit, wherein the third writing circuit includes a third writing transistor and a third storage capacitor; a gate of the third write transistor is connected to a third scan signal terminal to receive the third scan signal, a first pole of the third write transistor is connected to a third data signal terminal to receive the third data signal, and a second pole of the third write transistor is connected to a gate of the voltage adjustment transistor; the first end of the third storage capacitor is connected with the grid electrode of the voltage regulating transistor, and the second end of the third storage capacitor is connected with the first pole of the voltage regulating transistor.

For example, some embodiments of the present disclosure provide pixel circuits in which the first control terminal of the first control circuit is connected to the first node.

For example, in some embodiments of the present disclosure, the second control circuit further includes an inverter circuit, the inverter circuit includes an input terminal and an output terminal, the input terminal of the inverter circuit is connected to the first node, the output terminal of the inverter circuit is connected to the first control terminal of the first control circuit, and the inverter circuit is configured to generate an output signal inverted from the input signal received by the input terminal and output the output signal to the first control terminal of the first control circuit.

For example, in a pixel circuit provided in some embodiments of the present disclosure, the inverter circuit includes a first transistor and a second transistor; the first transistor is of a different type than the second transistor; the gate of the first transistor and the gate of the second transistor are connected to the first node, the second pole of the first transistor and the second pole of the second transistor are connected to the first control terminal of the first control circuit, the first pole of the first transistor is connected to the first voltage terminal to receive a first voltage, the first pole of the second transistor is connected to the second voltage terminal to receive a second voltage, and the first voltage is different from the second voltage.

For example, in the pixel circuit provided in some embodiments of the present disclosure, the second write circuit and the first adjustment circuit are respectively connected to a same data signal terminal, and the same data signal terminal is configured to respectively provide corresponding data signals to the second write circuit and the first adjustment circuit at different time periods.

For example, in a pixel circuit provided in some embodiments of the present disclosure, the first adjustment circuit includes a drive circuit, a first write circuit, a compensation circuit, and a light emission control circuit; the driving circuit comprises a second control terminal, a third terminal and a fourth terminal, and is configured to control a driving current for driving the light emitting element to emit light, which flows through the third terminal and the fourth terminal of the driving circuit; the first write circuit is configured to write a first data signal into the second control terminal of the drive circuit in response to a first scan signal; the compensation circuit is configured to store the written first data signal and compensate the driving circuit in response to the first scan signal; the light emission control circuit is configured to apply a second power supply voltage to a third terminal of the driving circuit in response to the light emission control signal.

For example, some embodiments of the present disclosure provide pixel circuits in which the driving circuit includes a driving transistor; the grid electrode of the driving transistor is used as a second control end of the driving circuit and connected with a second node, the first pole of the driving transistor is used as a third end of the driving circuit and connected with a third node, and the second pole of the driving transistor is used as a fourth end of the driving circuit and connected with a fourth node.

For example, in a pixel circuit provided in some embodiments of the present disclosure, the first write circuit includes a first write transistor; the gate of the first write transistor is connected to a first scan signal terminal to receive the first scan signal, the first pole of the first write transistor is connected to a first data signal terminal to receive the first data signal, and the second pole of the first write transistor is connected to the third node.

For example, in some embodiments of the present disclosure, the compensation circuit includes a compensation transistor and a first storage capacitor, a gate of the compensation transistor is connected to the first scan signal terminal to receive the first scan signal, a first pole of the compensation transistor is connected to the fourth node, a second pole of the compensation transistor is connected to the second node, a first end of the first storage capacitor is connected to the second node, and a second end of the first storage capacitor is connected to the second power supply terminal.

For example, in a pixel circuit provided in some embodiments of the present disclosure, the light emission control circuit includes a light emission control transistor; the grid of the light-emitting control transistor is connected with the light-emitting control signal end to receive the light-emitting control signal, the first pole of the light-emitting control transistor is connected with the second power supply end to receive the second power supply voltage, and the second pole of the light-emitting control transistor is connected with the third node.

For example, in some embodiments of the present disclosure provide pixel circuits, the first adjusting circuit further includes a reset circuit; the reset circuit is configured to apply a reset voltage to the second control terminal of the driving circuit in response to a reset signal.

For example, some embodiments of the present disclosure provide pixel circuits in which the reset circuit includes a reset transistor; the grid electrode of the reset transistor is connected with a reset signal end to receive the reset signal, the first pole of the reset transistor is connected with a reset voltage end to receive the reset voltage, and the second pole of the reset transistor is connected with the second node.

For example, some embodiments of the disclosure provide pixel circuits in which the first terminal of the first control circuit is connected to the fourth terminal of the driving circuit, the second terminal of the first control circuit is connected to the first pole of the light emitting element, and the second pole of the light emitting element is connected to the third power supply terminal to receive the third power supply voltage.

At least one embodiment of the present disclosure further provides an array substrate, including a plurality of pixel units arranged in an array; wherein, each pixel unit comprises the pixel circuit provided by any embodiment of the disclosure and the light-emitting element.

For example, in some embodiments of the present disclosure, the light emitting elements in the pixel units include micron-sized light emitting elements.

At least one embodiment of the present disclosure further provides a display device including the array substrate provided in any one of the embodiments of the present disclosure.

At least one embodiment of the present disclosure further provides a driving method of a pixel circuit provided in accordance with any one of the embodiments of the present disclosure, including: causing the first adjusting circuit to receive the first data signal and the light emission control signal and to control a magnitude of a driving current for driving the light emitting element; and causing the second adjusting circuit to receive the second data signal and the timing control signal and to control a timing at which the driving current is applied to the light emitting element, wherein the timing control signal varies within a period of time during which the light emission control signal allows the driving current to be generated.

For example, in a driving method provided in some embodiments of the present disclosure, the first adjusting circuit includes a first control circuit and a second control circuit, the first control circuit includes a first control terminal, a first terminal, and a second terminal, and the second control circuit is configured to control a level of the first control terminal of the first control circuit using the second data signal and the time control signal to control a time when the driving current flows through the first terminal and the second terminal of the first control circuit; the driving method comprises a light-emitting phase, wherein in the light-emitting phase, the second control circuit controls the level of the first control end of the first control circuit by using the second data signal and the time control signal, so that the first control circuit is changed from an on state to an off state, and the time of the driving current flowing through the first end and the second end of the first control circuit is controlled.

Drawings

To more clearly illustrate the technical solutions of the embodiments of the present disclosure, the drawings of the embodiments will be briefly introduced below, and it is apparent that the drawings in the following description relate only to some embodiments of the present disclosure and are not limiting to the present disclosure.

FIG. 1 is a graph showing the luminous efficiency characteristics of a micrometer-sized light emitting diode (μ LED);

FIGS. 2A and 2B are schematic diagrams comparing green (G) color coordinate variation curves of a micro-scale light emitting diode (μ LED) and an Organic Light Emitting Diode (OLED);

FIG. 3A is a schematic diagram of a 2T1C pixel circuit;

FIG. 3B is a schematic diagram of another 2T1C pixel circuit;

fig. 4 is a schematic block diagram of a pixel circuit provided in at least one embodiment of the present disclosure;

FIG. 5 is a schematic block diagram of one example of the pixel circuit shown in FIG. 4;

FIG. 6 is another exemplary schematic block diagram of the pixel circuit shown in FIG. 4;

FIG. 7 is a schematic block diagram of yet another example of the pixel circuit shown in FIG. 4;

FIG. 8 is a schematic block diagram of yet another example of the pixel circuit shown in FIG. 4;

fig. 9 is a circuit configuration diagram of a specific implementation example of the pixel circuit shown in fig. 5;

fig. 10 is a circuit configuration diagram of a specific implementation example of the pixel circuit shown in fig. 6;

fig. 11 is a circuit configuration diagram of a specific implementation example of the pixel circuit shown in fig. 7;

fig. 12 is a circuit configuration diagram of a specific implementation example of the pixel circuit shown in fig. 8;

fig. 13 is a signal timing diagram of a driving method of a pixel circuit according to at least one embodiment of the present disclosure;

FIGS. 14A to 14D are circuit diagrams of the pixel circuit shown in FIG. 9 corresponding to four stages in FIG. 13, respectively;

fig. 15 is a signal timing diagram of another driving method of a pixel circuit according to at least one embodiment of the present disclosure;

fig. 16 is a circuit schematic diagram of the pixel circuit shown in fig. 10 corresponding to the light-emitting phase S4 in fig. 15;

fig. 17A is a schematic view of an array substrate according to at least one embodiment of the present disclosure;

fig. 17B is a schematic view of another array substrate according to at least one embodiment of the present disclosure; and

fig. 18 is a schematic view of a display device according to at least one embodiment of the present disclosure.

Detailed Description

In order to make the objects, technical solutions and advantages of the embodiments of the present disclosure more apparent, the technical solutions of the embodiments of the present disclosure will be described clearly and completely with reference to the drawings of the embodiments of the present disclosure. It is to be understood that the described embodiments are only a few embodiments of the present disclosure, and not all embodiments. All other embodiments, which can be derived by a person skilled in the art from the described embodiments of the disclosure without any inventive step, are within the scope of protection of the disclosure.

Unless otherwise defined, technical or scientific terms used herein shall have the ordinary meaning as understood by one of ordinary skill in the art to which this disclosure belongs. The use of "first," "second," and similar terms in this disclosure is not intended to indicate any order, quantity, or importance, but rather is used to distinguish one element from another. Also, the use of the terms "a," "an," or "the" and similar referents do not denote a limitation of quantity, but rather denote the presence of at least one. The word "comprising" or "comprises", and the like, means that the element or item preceding the word covers the element or item listed after the word and its equivalents, but does not exclude other elements or items. The terms "connected" or "coupled" and the like are not restricted to physical or mechanical connections, but may include electrical connections, whether direct or indirect. "upper", "lower", "left", "right", and the like are used merely to indicate relative positional relationships, and when the absolute position of the object being described is changed, the relative positional relationships may also be changed accordingly.

The present disclosure is illustrated by the following specific examples. A detailed description of known functions and known parts (elements) may be omitted in order to keep the following description of the embodiments of the present disclosure clear and concise. When any element of an embodiment of the present disclosure appears in more than one drawing, that element is identified in each drawing by the same or similar reference numeral.

The display panel adopting the micron-sized light emitting diode (mu LED) has the advantages of thin thickness, light weight, low energy consumption, long service life, high luminous efficiency, high response speed, capability of independently emitting light, capability of being used for transparent display and the like, and has good application prospect in the display fields of mobile phones, tablet computers, digital cameras and the like.

Fig. 1 is a graph illustrating luminous efficiency characteristics of a micro-sized light emitting diode (μ LED). As can be seen in FIG. 1, at low current densities (e.g., current densities less than 1000 mA/cm)²) In the following, the light emitting efficiency of the μ LED is low.

Fig. 2A and 2B are schematic diagrams comparing green (G) color coordinate variation curves of a micro-scale light emitting diode (μ LED) and an Organic Light Emitting Diode (OLED). Wherein, fig. 2A shows a graph of the abscissa (Gx) of the G color coordinate of the μ LED and the OLED with the gray scale (gray), and fig. 2B shows a graph of the ordinate (Gy) of the G color coordinate of the μ LED and the OLED with the gray scale. As can be seen from FIG. 2A and FIG. 2B, the G color coordinate of the OLED remains substantially unchanged in the entire gray scale range (e.g., 0-255), so the color of the OLED is relatively stable; on the other hand, for the μ LED, the fluctuation of the G color coordinate is large in the low gray scale range (e.g., 0 to 100), and the fluctuation of the G color coordinate is small in the medium and high gray scale range (e.g., 100 to 255), so that the light color stability of the μ LED is to be improved.

In general, a μ LED display panel may employ pixel circuits commonly used in OLED display panels to drive μ LEDs to emit light. For example, the μ LED display panel may use a 2T1C pixel circuit, i.e., using two thin-film transistors (TFTs) and one storage capacitor Cs to implement the basic function of driving the μ LED to emit light. Fig. 3A and 3B show schematic diagrams of two 2T1C pixel circuits, respectively.

As shown in fig. 3A, a 2T1C pixel circuit includes a switching transistor T0, a driving transistor N0, and a storage capacitor Cs. For example, the gate of the switching transistor T0 is connected to the Scan line to receive the Scan signal Scan1, the source is connected to the data signal line to receive the data signal Vdata, and the drain is connected to the gate of the driving transistor N0; the source of the driving transistor N0 is connected to a first voltage terminal to receive a first voltage Vdd (e.g., a high voltage), and the drain is connected to the positive terminal of the μ LED; one end of the storage capacitor Cs is connected to the drain of the switching transistor T0 and the gate of the driving transistor N0, and the other end is connected to the source of the driving transistor N0 and a first voltage terminal; the negative terminal of the μ LED is connected to the second voltage terminal to receive a second voltage Vss (e.g., a low voltage, such as ground). The 2T1C pixel circuit is driven by controlling the brightness (i.e., gray scale) of the pixel through two TFTs and a storage capacitor Cs. When a Scan signal Scan1 is applied through a Scan line to turn on the switching transistor T0, a data signal Vdata fed by the data driving circuit through the data signal line charges the storage capacitor Cs through the switching transistor T0, so that the data signal Vdata is stored in the storage capacitor Cs, and the stored data signal Vdata controls the conduction degree of the driving transistor N0, so as to control the magnitude of a current flowing through the driving transistor to drive the μ LED to emit light, i.e., the current determines the gray scale of the pixel to emit light (low current density corresponds to low gray scale, and high current density corresponds to high gray scale). In the 2T1C pixel circuit shown in fig. 3A, the switching transistor T0 is an N-type transistor and the driving transistor N0 is a P-type transistor.

As shown in fig. 3B, another 2T1C pixel circuit also includes a switch transistor T0, a driving transistor N0 and a storage capacitor Cs, but the connection is slightly changed, and the driving transistor N0 is an N-type transistor. The variations of the pixel circuit of fig. 3B relative to fig. 3A include: the positive terminal of the μ LED is connected to a first voltage terminal to receive a first voltage Vdd (e.g., a high voltage), while the negative terminal is connected to the drain of the driving transistor N0, and the source of the driving transistor N0 is connected to a second voltage terminal to receive a second voltage Vss (e.g., a low voltage, such as a ground voltage). One end of the storage capacitor Cs is connected to the drain of the switching transistor T0 and the gate of the driving transistor N0, and the other end is connected to the source of the driving transistor N0 and a second voltage terminal. The 2T1C pixel circuit operates substantially in the same manner as the pixel circuit shown in fig. 3A, and will not be described again.

In the pixel circuits shown in fig. 3A and 3B, the switching transistor T0 is not limited to an N-type transistor, but may be a P-type transistor, and the polarity of the Scan signal Scan1 for controlling on/off of the switching transistor may be changed accordingly.

On the basis of the basic pixel circuit of 2T1C, other pixel circuits having, for example, a compensation function, a reset function, etc. have been developed, and these pixel circuits can also be applied to a μ LED display panel, and will not be described in detail herein.

However, when the pixel circuit commonly used in the OLED display panel is applied to the μ LED display panel, since the gray scale displayed by the μ LED in the pixel is completely controlled by the magnitude of the driving current (low current corresponds to low gray scale, high current corresponds to high gray scale), it cannot be ensured that the μ LED operates in the current density interval with higher light emitting efficiency and more stable light color, that is, the problem of low light emitting efficiency and unstable light color caused by the μ LED operating in the state of low current density when the μ LED display panel performs low gray scale display cannot be solved.

At least one embodiment of the present disclosure provides a pixel circuit. The pixel circuit includes a first adjusting circuit and a second adjusting circuit. The first adjusting circuit is configured to receive a first data signal and a light-emitting control signal to control the magnitude of a driving current for driving the light-emitting element to emit light; the second adjusting circuit is configured to receive a second data signal and a time control signal to control the time for which the driving current is applied to the light emitting element; the timing control signal varies during a time period in which the light emission control signal allows the driving current to be generated.

Some embodiments of the disclosure also provide a driving method corresponding to the pixel circuit, an array substrate and a display device.

The pixel circuit, the driving method thereof, the array substrate and the display device provided in at least one embodiment of the present disclosure can control the time for applying the driving current to the light emitting element, so that the light emitting element can realize various gray scale displays, such as low gray scale display, by controlling the light emitting time of the light emitting element on the premise of ensuring that the light emitting element operates at a higher current density.

Some embodiments of the present disclosure and examples thereof are described in detail below with reference to the accompanying drawings.

Fig. 4 is a schematic block diagram of a pixel circuit according to at least one embodiment of the present disclosure. For example, the pixel circuit 10 shown in fig. 4 may be used in a sub-pixel of a μ LED display panel. As shown in fig. 4, the pixel circuit 10 includes a first adjusting circuit 100 and a second adjusting circuit 200.

For example, the first adjusting circuit 100 is configured to receive the first Data signal Data1 and the light emission control signal EM to control the magnitude of the driving current for driving the light emitting element 300 to emit light. For example, in some examples, the first adjusting circuit 100 may generate a driving current (e.g., the magnitude of the driving current is related to the first Data signal Data1) according to the first Data signal Data1, and supply the driving current to the light emitting element 300 under the control of the light emission control signal EM to drive the light emitting element 300 to emit light. For example, the light emitting element 300 may employ a Micro-scale light emitting element such as a μ LED (e.g., Micro-LED, Mini-LED), or the like; for example, the Micro-scale light emitting element can also be a Micro-scale OLED, such as a Micro-OLED, a Mini-OLED, or the like; it should be noted that the embodiments of the present disclosure are not limited to this.

For example, the second adjusting circuit 200 is configured to receive the second Data signal Data2 and the time control signal TC to control the time for which the above-mentioned driving current is applied to the light emitting element 300, i.e., the second adjusting circuit can control the length of the light emitting time of the light emitting element 300. For example, in some examples, under the combined action of the second Data signal Data2 and the time control signal TC, the second adjusting circuit 200 may gradually change from a state of allowing the driving current to pass to a state of not allowing the current to pass, i.e., may control the time when the driving current is generated and applied to the light emitting element 300. For example, the time control signal TC varies in a period in which the emission control signal EM allows the generation of the driving current, and for example, the variation of the time control signal TC may control the length of the emission time of the light emitting element 300.

It should be noted that the connection manner of the first adjusting circuit 100, the second adjusting circuit 200 and the light emitting element 300 in the pixel circuit 10 shown in fig. 4 (the first adjusting circuit 100, the second adjusting circuit 200 and the light emitting element 300 are connected in sequence) is exemplary, and the embodiment of the present disclosure includes but is not limited thereto. For example, the first adjusting circuit, the second adjusting circuit and the light emitting element in the pixel circuit provided by the embodiment of the disclosure may also be connected by other connection manners as long as the respective functions of the first adjusting circuit and the second adjusting circuit can be realized.

The pixel circuit provided by the embodiment of the disclosure can control the light emitting time of the light emitting element, so that the light emitting element can realize various gray scale displays, for example, low gray scale displays, on the premise of operating at a higher current density, for example, low gray scale displays can be realized by improving the light emitting brightness of the light emitting element and shortening the light emitting time of the light emitting element. When the light emitting element is a mu LED, the mu LED can be prevented from working in a low current density state, so that the problems of low light emitting efficiency and unstable light color of the mu LED are solved.

Fig. 5 is a schematic block diagram of an example of the pixel circuit shown in fig. 4. For example, as shown in fig. 5, in this pixel circuit 10, the first adjustment circuit 100 includes a drive circuit 110, a first write circuit 120, a compensation circuit 130, and a light emission control circuit 140.

For example, the driving circuit 110 includes a second control terminal 111, a third terminal 112, and a fourth terminal 113, and is configured to control a driving current for driving the light emitting element 300 to emit light, which flows through the third terminal 112 and the fourth terminal 113. For example, in the light emitting stage, the driving circuit 110 may provide a driving current to the light emitting element 300 to drive the light emitting element 300 to emit light, and provide a corresponding driving current according to a gray scale to be displayed to emit light. In the embodiment of the present disclosure, the gray scale displayed by the light emitting element is not only related to the magnitude of the driving current, but also related to the length of time for which the driving current is applied to the light emitting element (i.e., the light emitting time of the light emitting element). It should be noted that the designations "second", "third", and "fourth" of the three ports in the driving circuit 110 are only for distinguishing from the designations of the three ports in the first control circuit to be described later, and do not indicate the number of ports that the driving circuit 110 has.

For example, the first write circuit 120 is connected to the driving circuit 110 and configured to write the first Data signal Data1 into the second control terminal 111 of the driving circuit 110 in response to the first scan signal SN 1. For example, in the Data writing and compensation phase, the first writing circuit 120 is turned on in response to the first scan signal SN1, so as to write the first Data signal Data1 (e.g., via the turned-on compensation circuit 130) into the second control terminal 111 of the driving circuit 110, so as to enable the driving circuit 110 to generate a driving current for driving the light emitting element 300 to emit light according to the first Data signal Data1 in the light emitting phase.

For example, the compensation circuit 130 is connected to the driving circuit 110, and is configured to store the written first Data signal Data1 and compensate the driving circuit 110 in response to the first scan signal SN 1. For example, the compensation circuit 130 includes a first storage capacitor, which can receive and store the first Data signal Data1 written by the first writing circuit 120. For example, in the Data writing and compensation phase, the compensation circuit 130 is turned on in response to the first scan signal SN1 to electrically connect the second control terminal 111 and the fourth terminal 113 of the driving circuit 110, so that the information related to the threshold voltage of the driving circuit 110 is also stored in the first storage capacitor, and in the light emitting phase, the driving circuit 110 may be controlled by the stored voltage including the information such as the first Data signal Data1 and the threshold voltage, so that the driving circuit 110 generates the driving current for driving the light emitting element 300 to emit light according to the first Data signal Data1 under the compensated condition.

For example, the light emission control circuit 140 is connected to the driving circuit 110, and is configured to apply the second power voltage VDD to the third terminal 112 of the driving circuit 110 in response to the light emission control signal EM. For example, in the light emitting stage, the light emitting control circuit 140 is turned on in response to the light emitting control signal EM, so that the second power voltage VDD may be applied to the third terminal 112 of the driving circuit 110, causing the driving circuit 110 to generate the driving current. For example, the second power supply voltage VDD may be a driving voltage, such as a high voltage.

For example, in some examples, as shown in fig. 5, the first regulation circuit 100 may further include a reset circuit 150. For example, the reset circuit 150 is connected to the driving circuit 110 and configured to apply a reset voltage Vini to the second control terminal 111 of the driving circuit 110 in response to the reset signal RS. For example, in the initialization stage, the reset circuit 150 is turned on in response to the reset signal RS, so that the reset voltage Vini may be applied to the second control terminal 111 of the driving circuit 110 to perform a reset operation on the driving circuit 110.

For example, as shown in fig. 5, in some embodiments, the pixel circuit 10 is provided in which the second adjusting circuit 200 includes a first control circuit 210 and a second control circuit 215.

For example, as shown in fig. 5, the first control circuit 210 includes a first control terminal 211, a first terminal 212, and a second terminal 213. For example, the first terminal 212 of the first control circuit 210 is connected to the fourth terminal 113 of the driving circuit 110, the second terminal 213 of the first control circuit 210 is connected to a first electrode (e.g., a positive electrode) of the light emitting element 300, and a second electrode (e.g., a cathode) of the light emitting element 300 is connected to a third power source terminal to receive a third power source voltage VSS. Thus, in the light emitting stage, the time for which the driving current is applied to the light emitting element 300 (i.e., the light emitting time) can be controlled by controlling the duration of the on state of the first control circuit 210. For example, the third power supply voltage VSS is a low voltage, such as a ground voltage.

For example, the second control circuit 215 is connected to the first control terminal 211 of the first control circuit 210, and the second control circuit 215 is configured to control the level of the first control terminal 211 of the first control circuit 210 by using the second Data signal Data2 and the time control signal TC to control the time when the driving current flows through the first terminal 212 and the second terminal 213 of the first control circuit 210, thereby controlling the time when the driving current is applied to the light emitting element 300.

For example, in some embodiments, as shown in FIG. 5, the second control circuit 215 includes a second write circuit 220 and a voltage regulation circuit 230.

For example, the second write circuit 220 is connected to the first node P1, and is configured to write the second Data signal Data2 into the first node P1 in response to the second scan signal SN 2. For example, in the time switch preset phase, the second write circuit 220 is turned on in response to the second scan signal SN2 to write the second Data signal Data2 into the first node P1 to set the first control circuit 210 in a turned-on state at the start time of the light emitting phase.

For example, the voltage adjusting circuit 230 is connected to the first node P1, is configured to store the written second Data signal Data2, and adjusts the level of the first node P1 in response to the time control signal TC. For example, the voltage regulating circuit 230 includes a second storage capacitor, which can receive and store the second Data signal Data2 written by the second writing circuit 220, for example, during the time switch presetting phase. For example, in the light emitting stage, the voltage regulating circuit 230 is turned on in response to the time control signal TC, so that the second storage capacitor may be charged and discharged (charged or discharged) by the turned-on voltage regulating circuit 230, that is, the voltage regulating circuit 230 may regulate the level of the first node P1. For example, as the charging and discharging process of the second storage capacitor continues, the level of the first node P1 gradually changes, so that the first control circuit 210 can be set from an on state to an off state, that is, the time for which the driving current is applied to the light emitting element 300 can be controlled. For example, in some embodiments, the second Data signal Data2 may be a constant signal, and the time control signal TC may be a signal with an adjustable amplitude; for example, the conduction degree of the voltage adjusting circuit 230 can be controlled by adjusting the amplitude of the time control signal TC, so that the charging and discharging speed of the second storage capacitor can be controlled, and the time for applying the driving current to the light emitting element 300 can be controlled.

For example, in some embodiments, as shown in fig. 5, the first control terminal 211 of the first control circuit 210 is connected to the first node P1. In this case, the second Data signal Data2 may be directly applied to the first control terminal 211 of the first control circuit 210, and may make the first control circuit 210 conductive. In the light emitting stage, the turned-on voltage regulating circuit 230 is connected to the first power terminal to receive the first power voltage VGG; when the charging and discharging process of the second storage capacitor is finished, the level of the first node P1 will become VGG, i.e., the first power voltage VGG can turn off the first control circuit 210.

Fig. 6 is a schematic block diagram of another example of the pixel circuit shown in fig. 4. As shown in fig. 6, the second control circuit 215A in the second adjusting circuit 200A of the pixel circuit 10A further includes a third write circuit 240 on the basis of the pixel circuit 10 shown in fig. 5. It should be noted that other circuit structures in the pixel circuit 10A shown in fig. 6 are substantially the same as the pixel circuit 10 shown in fig. 5, and repeated description is omitted here. It should be further noted that, for the sake of clarity and simplicity, a specific circuit configuration of the first adjustment circuit 100 is omitted in the pixel circuit 10A shown in fig. 6 (refer to the first adjustment circuit 100 in the pixel circuit 10 shown in fig. 5).

As shown in fig. 6, the third write circuit 240 is connected to the voltage regulating circuit 230 and configured to write the third Data signal Data3 into the voltage regulating circuit 230 as the time control signal TC in response to the third scan signal SN 3. For example, in the light emitting stage, the third write circuit 240 is turned on in response to the third scan signal SN3, so that the third Data signal Data3 may be written to the control terminal of the voltage adjustment circuit 230 as the time control signal TC. For example, the third writing circuit 240 may include a third storage capacitor, and the third storage capacitor may receive and store the written third Data signal Data3, so that, in the light emitting phase, the third Data signal Data3 stored by the third storage capacitor may maintain the on state of the voltage regulating circuit. For example, in the case where the second control circuit 215A includes the third write circuit 240, the adjustment of the magnitude of the time control signal TC may be achieved by adjusting the magnitude of the third Data signal Data 3.

Fig. 7 is a schematic block diagram of still another example of the pixel circuit shown in fig. 4. As shown in fig. 7, the second control circuit 215B in the second adjusting circuit 200B of the pixel circuit 10B further includes an inverter circuit 250 on the basis of the pixel circuit 10 shown in fig. 5. It should be noted that other circuit structures in the pixel circuit 10B shown in fig. 7 are substantially the same as the pixel circuit 10 shown in fig. 5, and repeated description is omitted here. It should be further noted that, for the sake of clarity and simplicity, a specific circuit structure of the first adjustment circuit 100 is omitted in the pixel circuit 10B shown in fig. 7 (refer to the first adjustment circuit 100 in the pixel circuit 10 shown in fig. 5).

As shown in fig. 7, the inverter circuit 250 includes an input terminal and an output terminal, the input terminal of the inverter circuit 250 is connected to the first node P1, and the output terminal of the inverter circuit 250 is connected to the first control terminal 211 of the first control circuit 210. For example, the inverting circuit 250 is configured to generate an output signal inverted from the input signal received at its input terminal and output the output signal to its output terminal, e.g., the first control terminal 211 of the first control circuit 210 in this example. For example, inverting the input signal with the output signal means: when the input signal is at high level, the output signal is at low level; when the input signal is at a low level, the output signal is at a high level. In the embodiments of the present disclosure, taking a P-type transistor as an example, the low level (and the low voltage) refers to a level that can turn on the P-type transistor, and the high level (and the high voltage) refers to a level that can turn off the P-type transistor.

For example, as shown in fig. 7, the inverter circuit 250 is further connected to the first voltage terminal to receive the first voltage VH and to the second voltage terminal to receive the second voltage VL. The first voltage VH is different from the second voltage VL, for example, the first voltage VH is a high level voltage and the second voltage VL is a low level voltage. For example, when the input signal at the input terminal of the inverter circuit 250 is at a low level, the output signal at the output terminal of the inverter circuit is at a high level; when the input signal at the input terminal of the inverter circuit 250 is at a high level, the output signal at the output terminal of the inverter circuit is at a low level.

In the pixel circuit 10 shown in fig. 5, during the light emitting period, the adjustment process of the level of the first node P1 is a slow change process (relative to the change process of the level of the output signal of the inverter circuit 250), and since the first node P1 is directly connected to the first control terminal 211 of the first control circuit 210, the conduction level of the first control circuit 210 will change slowly with the slow change of the level of the first node P1. In the pixel circuit 10B shown in fig. 7, although the adjustment process of the level of the first node P1 is still a slow change process, since the first node P1 is connected to the first control terminal 211 of the first control circuit 210 through the inverter circuit 250 (the change process of the level of the output signal of the inverter circuit 250 is a transition process), and the change process of the level of the first control terminal 211 of the first control circuit 210 is a transition process, the first control circuit 210 can transition from the on state to the off state, so that it can be ensured that the light emitting element 300 always operates in the current density interval with high luminous efficiency and stable light color when the first control circuit 210 is in the on state.

It should be understood that in the case where the first control circuit 210 is implemented as the same type of transistor, the second data signal used in the pixel circuit 10B shown in fig. 7 is inverted from the second data signal used in the pixel circuit 10 shown in fig. 5, and at the same time, the first power supply voltage used in the pixel circuit 10B shown in fig. 7 is also inverted from the first power supply voltage used in the pixel circuit 10 shown in fig. 5.

Fig. 8 is a schematic block diagram of still another example of the pixel circuit shown in fig. 4. As shown in fig. 8, the second control circuit 215B in the second adjusting circuit 200C of the pixel circuit 10C further includes a third write circuit 240 and an inverter circuit 250 on the basis of the pixel circuit 10 shown in fig. 5. It should be noted that other circuit structures in the pixel circuit 10C shown in fig. 8 are substantially the same as the pixel circuit 10 shown in fig. 5, and repeated description is omitted here. It should be further noted that, for the sake of clarity and simplicity, a specific circuit configuration of the first adjustment circuit 100 is omitted in the pixel circuit 10C shown in fig. 8 (refer to the first adjustment circuit 100 in the pixel circuit 10 shown in fig. 5).

Of course, the pixel circuit 10C shown in fig. 8 can also be understood as: in addition to the pixel circuit 10A shown in fig. 6, the pixel circuit 10C further includes an inverter circuit 250; alternatively, in addition to the pixel circuit 10B shown in fig. 7, the pixel circuit 10C further includes a third write circuit 240. For example, the connection manner, the operation principle, and the like of the third write circuit 240 in the pixel circuit 10C shown in fig. 8 may refer to the description related to the pixel circuit 10A shown in fig. 6, and the connection manner, the operation principle, and the like of the inverter circuit 250 in the pixel circuit 10C shown in fig. 8 may refer to the description related to the pixel circuit 10B shown in fig. 7, which is not repeated herein.

It should be noted that the first scan signal SN1, the second scan signal SN2, and the third scan signal SN3 are described in the embodiments of the present disclosure to distinguish three control signals (e.g., scan signals) with different timings. For example, the first scan signal SN1 is at an active level during the data writing and compensation period, the second scan signal SN2 is at an active level during the time switching preset period, and the third scan signal SN3 is at an active level during the light emitting period. It should be noted that, for the pixel circuit provided by the embodiment of the present disclosure, the "active level" refers to a level that can enable the operated transistor included therein to be turned on, and correspondingly, the "inactive level" refers to a level that cannot enable the operated transistor included therein to be turned on (i.e., the transistor is turned off). The active level may be higher or lower than the inactive level depending on the type (N-type or P-type) of transistors in the circuit configuration of the pixel circuit. For example, in the embodiment of the present disclosure, when the transistor is a P-type transistor, the active level is a low level, and the inactive level is a high level.

It should be noted that, in the pixel circuit provided in the embodiment of the present disclosure, the first Data signal Data1 and the second Data signal Data2 are respectively provided to the pixel circuit (provided to the first write circuit 120 and the second write circuit 220 respectively) in the Data writing and compensation phase and the time switch preset phase, and therefore, the second write circuit 220 and the first adjusting circuit 100 (the first write circuit 120 in the first adjusting circuit 100) may be respectively connected to the same Data signal terminal. The same Data signal terminal is configured to provide the second write circuit 220 and the first adjusting circuit 100 (the first write circuit 120 in the first adjusting circuit 100) with the corresponding Data signals respectively at different time periods, that is, the same Data signal terminal may provide different Data signals in a time-sharing manner, for example, the first Data signal Data1 may be provided during the Data write and compensation phase, and the second Data signal Data2 may be provided during the time switch presetting phase. When the pixel circuit includes the third write circuit, the third Data signal Data3 is provided to the third write circuit 240 of the pixel circuit during the light-emitting period, so the third Data signal can also be provided by the same Data signal terminal, for example, the third write circuit 240 is also connected to the same Data signal terminal, and the same Data signal terminal provides the third Data signal Data3 during the light-emitting period. It should be noted that, the embodiment of the disclosure does not limit whether the first Data signal Data1, the second Data signal Data2 and the third Data signal Data3 are provided by the same Data signal terminal.

Fig. 9 is a circuit configuration diagram of a specific implementation example of the pixel circuit 10 shown in fig. 5. As shown in fig. 9, the pixel circuit includes: a driving transistor T1, a first write transistor T2, a compensation transistor T3, a light emission controlling transistor T4, a reset transistor T5, a control transistor T6, a second write transistor T7, a voltage adjusting transistor T8, and first and second storage capacitors C1 and C2. For example, fig. 3 also shows a light emitting element LE (i.e., the aforementioned light emitting element 300), for example, the light emitting element may be a μ LED (e.g., micro LED), and the embodiments of the present disclosure include but are not limited thereto. The following embodiments are all described by taking the μ LED as an example, and are not described again. The μ LED may be of various types, such as top emission, bottom emission, and the like, and may emit red light, green light, blue light, white light, and the like, which is not limited by the embodiments of the present disclosure. In addition, the following embodiments also describe the case where each transistor is a P-type transistor, but this does not limit the embodiments of the present disclosure.

For example, as shown in fig. 9, the driving circuit 110 may be implemented as a driving transistor T1. The gate of the driving transistor T1 is connected to the second node P2 as the second control terminal 111 of the driving circuit 110, the first pole of the driving transistor T1 is connected to the third node P3 as the third terminal 112 of the driving circuit 110, and the second pole of the driving transistor T1 is connected to the fourth node P4 as the fourth terminal 113 of the driving circuit 110.

For example, as shown in fig. 9, the first write circuit 120 may be implemented as a first write transistor T2. The gate of the first write transistor T2 is connected to the first scan signal terminal to receive the first scan signal SN1, the first pole of the first write transistor T2 is connected to the first Data signal terminal to receive the first Data signal Data1, and the second pole of the first write transistor T2 is connected to the third node P3.

For example, as shown in fig. 9, the compensation circuit 130 may be implemented as a compensation transistor T3 and a first storage capacitor C1. The gate of the compensation transistor T3 is connected to the first scan signal terminal to receive the first scan signal SN1, the first pole of the compensation transistor T3 is connected to the fourth node P4, the second pole of the compensation transistor T3 is connected to the second node P2, the first terminal of the first storage capacitor C1 is connected to the second node P2, and the second terminal of the first storage capacitor C1 is connected to the second power supply terminal to receive the second power supply voltage VDD.

For example, as shown in fig. 9, the light emission control circuit 140 may be implemented as a light emission control transistor T4. The gate of the light emission controlling transistor T4 is connected to the light emission control signal terminal to receive the light emission control signal EM, the first pole of the light emission controlling transistor T4 is connected to the second power source terminal to receive the second power source voltage VDD, and the second pole of the light emission controlling transistor T4 is connected to the third node P3. For example, the second power voltage VDD is a driving voltage, such as a high voltage.

For example, as shown in fig. 9, the reset circuit 150 may be implemented as a reset transistor T5. The gate of the reset transistor T5 is connected to the reset signal terminal to receive the reset signal RS, the first pole of the reset transistor T5 is connected to the reset voltage terminal to receive the reset voltage Vini, and the second pole of the reset transistor T5 is connected to the second node P2. For example, the reset voltage Vini may be a zero voltage or a ground voltage, or may be other fixed levels, such as a low voltage, and the like, which is not limited in this embodiment of the disclosure.

For example, as shown in fig. 9, the first control circuit 210 may be implemented to control the transistor T6. The gate of the control transistor T6 is electrically connected to the second control circuit 215 as the first control terminal 211 of the first control circuit 210 (for example, as shown in fig. 9, the gate of the control transistor T6 is connected to the first node P1, the second control circuit 215 is also connected to the first node P1), the first pole of the control transistor T6 is connected to the fourth node P4 as the first terminal 212 of the first control circuit 210, the second pole of the control transistor T6 is connected to the first pole (for example, anode) of the light emitting element LE as the second terminal 213 of the first control circuit 210, and the second pole (for example, cathode) of the light emitting element LE is connected to the third power supply terminal to receive the third power supply voltage VSS. For example, the third power supply voltage VSS may be a low voltage, for example, the third power supply terminal may be grounded, so that the third power supply voltage VSS may be a zero voltage.

For example, as shown in fig. 9, the second write circuit 220 may be implemented as a second write transistor T7. The gate of the second write transistor T7 is connected to the second scan signal terminal to receive the second scan signal SN2, the first pole of the second write transistor T7 is connected to the second Data signal terminal to receive the second Data signal Data2, and the second pole of the second write transistor T7 is connected to the first node P1.

For example, as shown in fig. 9, the voltage regulating circuit 230 may be implemented as a voltage regulating transistor T8 and a second storage capacitor C2. The gate of the voltage regulating transistor T8 is connected to the time control signal terminal to receive the time control signal TC, the first pole of the voltage regulating transistor T8 is connected to the first power terminal to receive the first power voltage VGG, the second pole of the voltage regulating transistor T8 is connected to the first node P1, the first terminal of the second storage capacitor C2 is connected to the first node P1, and the second terminal of the second storage capacitor C2 is connected to the first power terminal to receive the first power voltage VGG. For example, in the pixel circuit shown in fig. 9, the first power supply voltage VGG may turn off the control transistor T6, for example, the first power supply voltage VGG is a high voltage.

For example, as shown in fig. 9, the voltage regulation circuit 230 may also include a time-controlled resistor R1 (not shown in fig. 5). A first electrode of the voltage regulating transistor T8 is connected to the first power supply terminal through a time-controlled resistor R1. For example, the time control resistor R1 may be used to slow down the charging and discharging speed of the second storage capacitor C2, thereby prolonging the time for which the driving current is applied to the light emitting element LE, so as to control the time for which the driving current is applied to the light emitting element LE.

For example, for the pixel circuit shown in fig. 9, the first data signal terminal and the second data signal terminal may be the same data signal terminal. For example, the same Data signal terminal may provide the first Data signal Data1 and the second Data signal Data2 in a time-sharing manner; for example, the first Data signal Data1 may be provided during the Data writing and compensation phase, and the second Data signal Data2 may be provided during the time-on-off preset phase. It should be noted that the embodiments of the present disclosure are not limited to this.

Fig. 10 is a circuit configuration diagram of a specific implementation example of the pixel circuit 10A shown in fig. 6. As shown in fig. 10, the pixel circuit further includes a third write transistor T9 and a third storage capacitor C3 for implementing the third write circuit 240, on the basis of the pixel circuit shown in fig. 9. It should be noted that other circuit structures in the pixel circuit shown in fig. 10 are substantially the same as those in the pixel circuit shown in fig. 9, and repeated description is omitted here.

For example, as shown in fig. 10, the gate of the third write transistor T3 is connected to the third scan signal terminal to receive the third scan signal SN3, the first pole of the third write transistor T3 is connected to the third Data signal terminal to receive the third Data signal Data3, the second pole of the third write transistor T3 is connected to the gate of the voltage adjustment transistor T8, the first end of the third storage capacitor C3 is connected to the gate of the voltage adjustment transistor T8, and the second end of the third storage capacitor C3 is connected to the first pole of the voltage adjustment transistor T8. For example, in the light emitting stage, the third write transistor T3 is turned on in response to the third scan signal SN3, so that the third Data signal Data3 may be written to the control terminal of the voltage adjusting transistor T8 as the time control signal TC.

For example, for the pixel circuit shown in fig. 10, the third Data signal terminal may be the same Data signal terminal as the first Data signal terminal and/or the second Data signal terminal, for example, the same Data signal terminal may provide the first Data signal Data1 and/or the second Data signal Data2 and the third Data signal Data3 in a time-sharing manner; for example, the first Data signal Data1 may be provided during the Data writing and compensation phase, the second Data signal Data2 may be provided during the time-on-off preset phase, and the third Data signal Data3 may be provided during the light-emitting phase. It should be noted that the embodiments of the present disclosure are not limited to this.

Fig. 11 is a circuit configuration diagram of a specific implementation example of the pixel circuit 10B shown in fig. 7. As shown in fig. 11, the pixel circuit further includes a first transistor M1 and a second transistor M2 for implementing the inverter circuit 250, on the basis of the pixel circuit shown in fig. 9. It should be noted that other circuit structures in the pixel circuit shown in fig. 11 are substantially the same as those in the pixel circuit shown in fig. 9, and repeated description is omitted here.

For example, as shown in fig. 11, the type of the first transistor M1 is different from that of the second transistor M2, e.g., the first transistor M1 is a P-type transistor and the second transistor M2 is an N-type transistor. It should be appreciated that in other examples, the first transistor M1 may be an N-type transistor and the second transistor M2 may be a P-type transistor. The gate of the first transistor M1 and the gate of the second transistor M2 are connected to each other as the input terminal of the inverter circuit 250 to the first node P1, the second pole of the first transistor M1 and the second pole of the second transistor M2 are connected to each other as the output terminal of the inverter circuit 250 to the gate of the control transistor T6 (i.e., the first control terminal 211 of the first control circuit 210), the first pole of the first transistor M1 is connected to the first voltage terminal to receive the first voltage VH, and the first pole of the second transistor M2 is connected to the second voltage terminal to receive the second voltage VL. For example, the first voltage VH is different from the second voltage VL, e.g., the first voltage VH is at a high level, and the second voltage VL is at a low level. For example, when the input terminal of the inverter circuit 250 is at a low level, the first transistor M1 is turned on and the second transistor M2 is turned off, so that the output terminal of the inverter circuit 250 outputs a high level VH; when the input terminal of the inverter circuit 250 is at a high level, the first transistor M1 is turned off and the second transistor M2 is turned on, so that the output terminal of the inverter circuit 250 outputs a low level VL. That is, the inverter circuit 250 may generate an output signal inverted from the input signal according to the input signal received at its input terminal.

It should be noted that the implementation of the inverter circuit 250 in the pixel circuit shown in fig. 11 is exemplary, and other common implementations of the inverter circuit 250 may also be adopted, and the embodiment of the present disclosure is not limited thereto.

Fig. 12 is a circuit configuration diagram of a specific implementation example of the pixel circuit 10C shown in fig. 8. As shown in fig. 12, on the basis of the pixel circuit shown in fig. 9, the pixel circuit further includes a third write transistor T9 and a third storage capacitor C3 for implementing the third write circuit 240, and a first transistor M1 and a second transistor M2 for implementing the inverter circuit 250. It should be noted that other circuit structures in the pixel circuit shown in fig. 12 are substantially the same as those in the pixel circuit shown in fig. 9, and repeated description is omitted here.

Of course, the pixel circuit shown in fig. 12 can also be understood as: on the basis of the pixel circuit shown in fig. 10, the pixel circuit further includes a first transistor M1 and a second transistor M2 for realizing the inverter circuit 250; alternatively, in addition to the pixel circuit shown in fig. 11, the pixel circuit further includes a third write transistor T9 and a third storage capacitor C3 for implementing the third write circuit 240. For example, the connection manner, the operation principle, and the like of the third write transistor T9 and the third storage capacitor C3 for implementing the third write circuit 240 in the pixel circuit shown in fig. 12 can refer to the relevant description in the pixel circuit shown in fig. 10, and the connection manner, the operation principle, and the like of the first transistor M1 and the second transistor M2 for implementing the inverter circuit 250 in the pixel circuit shown in fig. 12 can refer to the relevant description in the pixel circuit shown in fig. 11, which is not repeated herein.

It should be noted that, although the pixel circuits shown in fig. 9-12 all include the time control resistor R1, the embodiment of the disclosure is not limited to this, that is, the pixel circuits shown in fig. 9-12 may not include the time control resistor R1.

It should be noted that, in the embodiment of the present disclosure, the storage capacitors (the first storage capacitor C1, the second storage capacitor C2, and the third storage capacitor C3) may be capacitor devices fabricated by a process, for example, the capacitor devices are implemented by fabricating dedicated capacitor electrodes, each electrode of the capacitor may be implemented by a metal layer, a semiconductor layer (for example, doped polysilicon), and the like, and the capacitor may also be a parasitic capacitor between each device, and may be implemented by the transistor itself and other devices and lines. The connection mode of the capacitor is not limited to the above-described mode, and other suitable connection modes may be adopted as long as the level of the corresponding node can be stored.

It should be noted that, in the description of the embodiment of the present disclosure, the first node P1, the second node P2, the third node P3, and the fourth node P4 do not represent components that are necessarily actually present, but represent junctions of related electrical connections in a circuit diagram.

It should be noted that all the transistors used in the embodiments of the present disclosure may be thin film transistors, field effect transistors, or other switching devices with the same characteristics, and all the embodiments of the present disclosure are described by taking thin film transistors as examples. The source and drain of the transistor used herein may be symmetrical in structure, so that there may be no difference in structure between the source and drain. In the embodiments of the present disclosure, in order to distinguish two poles of a transistor except for a gate, one of them is directly described as a first pole, and the other is directly described as a second pole.

In addition, the transistors in the embodiments of the present disclosure are mainly illustrated by taking P-type transistors as an example (the inverter circuit includes two types of transistors, i.e., P-type and N-type transistors), and in this case, the first electrode of the transistor is a source and the second electrode is a drain. It is noted that the present disclosure includes but is not limited thereto. For example, one or more transistors in the pixel circuit 10 provided by the embodiment of the present disclosure may also be N-type transistors, in which case, the first pole of the transistor is a drain, and the second pole of the transistor is a source, and it is only necessary to connect the poles of the selected type of transistors with reference to the poles of the corresponding transistors in the embodiment of the present disclosure, and make the corresponding voltage terminal provide the corresponding high voltage or low voltage. When an N-type transistor is used, Indium Gallium Zinc Oxide (IGZO) may be used as an active layer of the thin film transistor, which may effectively reduce the size of the transistor and prevent leakage current, compared to using Low Temperature Polysilicon (LTPS) or amorphous Silicon (e.g., hydrogenated amorphous Silicon) as an active layer of the thin film transistor.

In the embodiments of the present disclosure, the cathode of the light emitting element LE is connected to the third power supply voltage VSS (low voltage) for example, but the embodiments of the present disclosure include but are not limited to this. For example, the anode of the light emitting element LE may be connected to a second power voltage VDD (high voltage), and the cathode thereof may be directly or indirectly connected to a driving circuit, for example, refer to a 2T1C pixel circuit shown in fig. 3B.

At least one embodiment of the present disclosure further provides a driving method of the pixel circuit provided corresponding to the above embodiment. For example, the driving method includes: so that the first adjusting circuit 100 receives the first Data signal Data1 and the light emission control signal EM and controls the magnitude of the driving current for driving the light emitting element 300; and, the second adjusting circuit 200 is made to receive the second Data signal Data2 and the time control signal TC, and control the time when the driving current is applied to the light emitting element 300. For example, the time control signal TC varies in a period in which the emission control signal EM allows the generation of the driving current, and for example, the variation of the time control signal TC may control the length of the emission time of the light emitting element 300.

For example, in some embodiments, referring to fig. 5-8, the first regulation circuit includes a first control circuit 210 and a second control circuit 215. Wherein the first control circuit 210 includes a first control terminal 211, a first terminal 212 and a second terminal 213, and the second control circuit 215 is configured to control the level of the first control terminal 211 of the first control circuit 210 by using the second Data signal Data2 and the time control signal TC to control the time when the driving current flows through the first terminal 212 and the second terminal 213 of the first control circuit 210. In this case, the driving method described above comprises a light emission phase: in the light emitting phase, the second control circuit 215 controls the level of the first control terminal 211 of the first control circuit 210 by using the second Data signal Data2 and the time control signal TC, so that the first control circuit 210 transits from the on state to the off state, thereby controlling the time when the driving current flows through the first terminal 212 and the second terminal 213 of the first control circuit 210.

Fig. 13 is a signal timing diagram of a driving method of a pixel circuit according to at least one embodiment of the present disclosure. The following describes the operation principle of the pixel circuit shown in fig. 5, taking the specific implementation of the pixel circuit shown in fig. 5 into the pixel circuit structure shown in fig. 9, with reference to the signal timing diagram shown in fig. 13. It should be noted that the levels of the potentials of the signal timing chart shown in fig. 13 are merely schematic, and do not represent actual potential values or relative proportions. In the pixel circuit shown in fig. 9, the low-level signal corresponds to an on signal of the P-type transistor, and the high-level signal corresponds to an off signal of the P-type transistor.

Fig. 14A to 14D are circuit diagrams of the pixel circuit shown in fig. 9 corresponding to four stages in fig. 13, respectively. The following describes in detail the operation of the pixel circuit shown in fig. 9 with reference to fig. 14A to 14D.

For example, as shown in fig. 13, the driving method provided by the present embodiment may include four stages of displaying one frame picture, respectively an initialization stage S1, a data writing and compensation stage S2, a time switch presetting stage S3, and a light emitting stage S4, and timing waveforms of respective control signals (a reset signal RS, a first scan signal SN1, a second scan signal SN2, a light emitting control signal EM, and a time control signal TC) in each stage are shown in fig. 13.

It should be noted that fig. 14A is a circuit diagram of the pixel circuit shown in fig. 9 in the initialization stage S1, fig. 14B is a circuit diagram of the pixel circuit shown in fig. 9 in the data writing and compensation stage S2, fig. 14C is a circuit diagram of the pixel circuit shown in fig. 9 in the time switch presetting stage S3, and fig. 14D is a circuit diagram of the pixel circuit shown in fig. 9 in the light emitting stage S4. In addition, the transistors denoted by a cross (X) in fig. 14A to 14D each indicate an off state in the corresponding stage, and the dotted lines with arrows in fig. 14A to 14D indicate current paths (the arrow directions do not indicate the current directions) of the pixel circuits in the corresponding stage. The transistors shown in fig. 14A to 14D are each exemplified by a P-type transistor, i.e., the gate of each transistor is turned on when a low level is turned on and is turned off when a high level is turned on.

In the initialization stage S1, the reset signal RS is input, the reset circuit 150 is turned on (i.e., turned on), and the reset voltage Vini is applied to the second control terminal 111 of the driving circuit 110 through the reset circuit 150 to reset the second control terminal 111 of the driving circuit 110.

As shown in fig. 13 and 14A, in the initialization stage S1, the reset transistor T5 is turned on by the low level of the reset signal RS; meanwhile, the first write transistor T2 and the compensation transistor T3 are turned off by the high level of the first scan signal SN1, the emission control transistor T4 is turned off by the high level of the emission control signal EM, the second write transistor T7 is turned off by the high level of the second scan signal SN2, the voltage adjustment transistor T8 is turned off by the high level of the time control signal TC, and the control transistor T6 is turned off by the high level of the first node P1 (in the process of displaying the previous frame, since the second storage capacitor C2 is charged and discharged, the level of the first node P1 becomes the high level VGG).

As shown in fig. 14A, in the initialization stage S1, an initialization path (as shown by the dotted line with an arrow in fig. 14A) may be formed, and since the reset voltage Vini is at a low level (for example, may be at a ground level or other low level), the first storage capacitor C1 is charged and discharged through the initialization path (i.e., the reset transistor T3), so that the potentials of the first end of the first storage capacitor C1 and the gate of the driving transistor T1 (i.e., the second node N1) are changed to Vini, and thus, the display device using the pixel circuit may reset the driving circuit 110 each time a picture is switched. The reset operation can suppress the occurrence of short-term afterimages and the like.

In the data writing and compensating stage S2, the first scan signal SN1 is input, the first write circuit 120 and the compensation circuit 130 are turned on, the first data signal is written into the compensation circuit 130 through the first write circuit 120 and the driving circuit 110, and the driving circuit 110 is compensated through the compensation circuit 130.

As shown in fig. 13 and 14B, in the data writing and compensating stage S2, the first writing transistor T2 and the compensating transistor T3 are turned on by the low level of the first scan signal SN1, and at this time, the driving transistor T1 is diode-connected (the gate and the second pole of the driving transistor T1 are connected) due to the turn-on of the compensating transistor T3; meanwhile, the light emission control transistor T4 is turned off by the high level of the light emission control signal EM, the reset transistor T5 is turned off by the high level of the reset signal RS, the control transistor T6 is turned off by the high level of the first node P1, the second write transistor T7 is turned off by the high level of the second scan signal SN2, and the voltage adjusting transistor T8 is turned off by the high level of the time control signal TC.

As shown in fig. 14B, in the data writing and compensating stage S2, a data writing and compensating path (as shown by the dotted line with an arrow in fig. 14B) may be formed. The first Data signal Data1 charges the first terminal (i.e., the second node P2) of the first storage capacitor C1 through the Data writing and compensating path (i.e., the first writing transistor T2, the driving transistor T1, and the compensating transistor T3), so that the potential of the first terminal of the first storage capacitor C1 becomes Data 1. Meanwhile, according to the self characteristics of the driving transistor T1, when the potential of the first end of the first storage capacitor C1 increases to Data1+ Vth, the driving transistor T1 is turned off, and the charging process ends. It should be noted that Vth represents the threshold voltage of the driving transistor T1, and since the driving transistor T1 is exemplified by a P-type transistor in the present embodiment, the threshold voltage Vth may be a negative value here.

After the Data writing and compensating phase S2, the first terminal (i.e., the second node P2) of the first storage capacitor C1 has a potential of Data1+ Vth, that is, voltage information with the first Data signal Data1 and the threshold voltage Vth is stored in the first storage capacitor C1 for providing gray-scale display Data and compensating the threshold voltage of the driving transistor T1 itself in a subsequent light emitting phase.

In the time-on/off presetting phase S3, the second scan signal SN2 is input, the second write circuit 220 is turned on, the second Data signal Data2 is written into the voltage regulating circuit 230 by the second write circuit 220, and the first control circuit 210 is set to the on state.

As shown in fig. 13 and 14C, in the time switch preset stage S3, the second write transistor T7 is turned on by the low level of the second scan signal SN 2; meanwhile, the first write transistor T2 and the compensation transistor T3 are turned off by the high level of the first scan signal SN1, the emission control transistor T4 is turned off by the high level of the emission control signal EM, the reset transistor T5 is turned off by the high level of the reset signal RS, the control transistor T6 is turned off by the high level of the first node P1, the voltage adjustment transistor T8 is turned off by the high level of the time control signal TC, and the drive transistor T1 is maintained in an off state at the end of the data write and compensation phase.

As shown in fig. 14C, in the time switch presetting phase S3, a second data writing path (as shown by the dotted line with an arrow in fig. 14C) may be formed. The second Data signal Data2 discharges the first end (i.e., the first node P1) of the second storage capacitor C2 through the second Data write path (i.e., the second write transistor T7), so that the potential of the first end of the second storage capacitor C2 becomes Data 2. For example, the second Data signal Data2 is at a low level to turn on the control transistor T6, so that the control transistor T6 may be turned on before the light emitting phase starts.

In the light-emitting period S4, the light-emitting control signal EM and the time control signal TC are input, the light-emitting control circuit 140, the driving circuit 110 and the voltage regulating circuit 230 are turned on, a driving current is applied to the light-emitting element 300 through the light-emitting control circuit 140 and the first control circuit 210 (which have been turned on in the time switch presetting period S3) to cause the light-emitting element 300 to emit light, and the first control circuit 210 is set from an on state to an off state through the voltage regulating circuit 230 (the on state of the first control circuit 210 is maintained for a period of time t in the light-emitting period S4, the on time t being indicated by t1 or t2 in fig. 13) to control the time for which the driving current is applied to the light-emitting element 300 (i.e., the light-emitting time of the.

As shown in fig. 13 and 14D, in the light emission stage S4, the first write transistor T2 and the compensation transistor T3 are turned off by the high level of the first scan signal SN1, the reset transistor T5 is turned off by the high level of the reset signal RS, the second write transistor T7 is turned off by the high level of the second scan signal SN2, and the light emission control transistor T4 is turned on by the low level of the light emission control signal EM; meanwhile, the potential of the second node P2 is Data1+ Vth, and the potential of the third node P3 is VDD, so that the driving transistor T1 is maintained in an on state at this stage; in addition, the control transistor T6 has been turned on before the light emission phase S4 starts (in the time switch preset phase S3).

As shown in fig. 14D, in the light emitting stage S4, one driving light emitting path and one light emitting time control path may be formed (as shown by the dotted line with an arrow in fig. 14D, the left dotted line represents the driving light emitting path, and the right dotted line represents the light emitting time control path). The first electrode (anode) of the light emitting element LE is connected to a second power voltage VDD (high voltage) through a driving light emitting path, and the second electrode (cathode) of the light emitting element LE is connected to a third power voltage VSS (low voltage), so that the light emitting element LE can emit light by a driving current flowing through the driving transistor T1. The driving current generated by the driving transistor T1 can be obtained according to the following formula:

I _LE＝K(Vgs-Vth) ²

＝K[(Data1+Vth-VDD)-Vth] ²

＝K(Data1-VDD) ²

in the above formula, I_LERepresenting the drive current, Vth represents the threshold voltage of the drive transistor T1, Vgs represents the voltage difference between the gate and the first pole (e.g., source) of the drive transistor T1, and K is a constant value. As can be seen from the above formula, the driving current I flowing through the light emitting element LE_LEThe threshold voltage Vth of the driving transistor T1 is not related to any more, but only the Data signal Data1 for controlling the gray scale of the pixel circuit, thereby realizing the compensation of the pixel circuit, solving the problem of threshold voltage drift of the driving transistor caused by the process and long-time operation, and eliminating the driving current I of the driving transistor_LEThereby the display effect can be improved.

The above-mentioned drive current I_LEIs applied to the light emitting element LE through the light emission control path so that the light emitting element LE flows therethroughThe driving transistor T1 emits light by the driving current. It should be noted that, in the pixel circuit provided in the embodiments of the present disclosure, the gray scale of light emission of the pixel circuit is not only related to the magnitude of the driving current, but also related to the duration of time (i.e., the duration of light emission) that the driving current is applied to the light emitting element. For example, the relationship between the gray scale of the pixel circuit and the magnitude of the driving current and the length of the light emitting time may be determined by theoretical calculation, simulation, experimental measurement, and the like, and further, the desired gray scale may be displayed by simultaneously controlling the magnitude of the driving current and the length of the light emitting time according to the relationship.

In the lighting phase S4, the second storage capacitor C2 may be charged and discharged through the lighting time control path (i.e., the voltage regulating transistor T8), and the charging and discharging process is not ended until the potential of the first terminal of the second storage capacitor C2 changes from Data2 to VGG. As the charging and discharging process of the second storage capacitor C2 continues, the level of the first node P1 changes from being able to turn on the control transistor T6 to being unable to turn on the control transistor T6, i.e., the control transistor T6 gradually changes from an on state to an off state, for example, the on state of the control transistor T6 is maintained in the lighting period S4 (i.e., the on time) is T. The on-time T of the control transistor T6 is related to the charging and discharging speed of the second storage capacitor C2, for example, the faster the charging and discharging speed of the second storage capacitor C2 is, the shorter the on-time T of the control transistor T6 is.

For example, as shown in fig. 13, in the case where the pixel circuit includes the time control resistor R1, the on time T of the control transistor T6 is T1; in the case where the pixel circuit does not include the time control resistor R1, the on time T of the control transistor T6 is T2; wherein t2< t1, i.e. the time control resistor R1 can slow down the charging and discharging speed of the second storage capacitor C2, thereby prolonging the time for applying the driving current to the light emitting element LE.

For example, as shown in fig. 13, the charging and discharging speed of the second storage capacitor C2 may be controlled by adjusting the waveform of the time control signal TC, and for example, the time control signal TC may be adjusted from a square wave signal to a ramp signal (the changing portion is shown by the inclined broken line in fig. 13), so that the time for which the driving current is applied to the light emitting element LE may be lengthened.

For example, in some embodiments, the conduction degree of the voltage regulating transistor T8 may be controlled by controlling the amplitude of the time control signal TC to control the charging and discharging speed of the second storage capacitor C2, so as to regulate the conduction time T of the control transistor T6.

It should be noted that the embodiment of the disclosure does not limit the adjustment manner of the on-time T of the control transistor T6, and one or more of the adjustment manners may be adopted.

It should be noted that, since the inverter circuit 250 can be regarded as a two-terminal (input terminal and output terminal) device, and no additional control signal is needed to control the inverter circuit 250, the pixel circuit shown in fig. 7 (for example, specifically implemented as the pixel circuit structure shown in fig. 11) can also be driven according to the timing diagram of the various control signals shown in fig. 13, and only the polarities of the first power voltage VGG and the second Data signal Data2 need to be changed correspondingly. For example, with the pixel circuit shown in fig. 9, the first power supply voltage VGG is a high level to turn off the control transistor T6, and the second Data signal Data2 is a low level to turn on the control transistor T6; in the pixel circuit shown in fig. 11, the first power supply voltage VGG is at a low level which causes the inverter circuit 250 to output a high level (the high level output from the inverter circuit 250 turns off the control transistor T6), and the second Data signal Data2 is at a high level which causes the inverter circuit 250 to output a low level (the low level output from the inverter circuit 250 turns on the control transistor T6). It should be noted that other aspects of the operating principle of the pixel circuit shown in fig. 11 are substantially the same as the operating principle of the pixel circuit shown in fig. 9, and repeated description is omitted here.

Fig. 15 is a signal timing diagram of another driving method of a pixel circuit according to at least one embodiment of the present disclosure. The following describes the operation principle of the pixel circuit shown in fig. 6, taking the specific implementation of the pixel circuit shown in fig. 6 into the pixel circuit structure shown in fig. 10, with reference to the signal timing diagram shown in fig. 15. It should be noted that the levels of the potentials of the signal timing chart shown in fig. 15 are merely schematic, and do not represent actual potential values or relative proportions. In the pixel circuit shown in fig. 10, the low-level signal corresponds to an on signal of the P-type transistor, and the high-level signal corresponds to an off signal of the P-type transistor.

The pixel circuit shown in fig. 10 is different from the pixel circuit shown in fig. 9 in that: the pixel circuit of fig. 10 further includes a third write transistor T9 and a third storage capacitor C3. Since the third writing transistor T9 is capable of providing the timing control signal TC (during the light-emitting period S4), and the third writing transistor T9 is turned on by the third scan signal SN3 only during the light-emitting period S4, the operation principle of the pixel circuit shown in fig. 10 during the initialization period S1, the data writing and compensation period S2, and the time switch presetting period S3 is substantially the same as that of the pixel circuit shown in fig. 9, and the description thereof is omitted here for brevity.

The operating principle of the pixel circuit shown in fig. 10 in the light-emitting phase S4 is mainly different from that of the pixel circuit shown in fig. 9 in the light-emitting phase S4 in that: in the pixel circuit shown in fig. 9, the time control signal TC is supplied directly to the voltage regulating transistor T8; in the pixel circuit shown in fig. 10, the time control signal TC is indirectly supplied to the voltage regulating transistor T8 through the third write transistor T9 and the third storage capacitor C3. The operation principle of the pixel circuit in the light-emitting stage S4 shown in fig. 10 is basically the same as that of the pixel circuit in the light-emitting stage S4 shown in fig. 9, and the description thereof is omitted here for brevity.

Fig. 16 is a circuit schematic diagram of the pixel circuit shown in fig. 10 corresponding to the light-emitting stage S4 in fig. 15. The transistors identified by crosses (X) in fig. 16 each indicate being in an off state in the corresponding stage, and the dotted lines with arrows in fig. 16 indicate the current paths of the pixel circuits in the light-emitting stage (the directions of the arrows do not indicate the directions of the currents). The transistors shown in fig. 16 are each exemplified by a P-type transistor, i.e., the gate of each transistor is turned on when turned on at a low level and is turned off when turned on at a high level.

The following will take the pixel circuit shown in fig. 10 as an example, and with reference to fig. 16, the operation principle of the pixel circuit shown in fig. 10 in the light-emitting phase S4 is different from the operation principle of the pixel circuit shown in fig. 9 in the light-emitting phase S4.

With the pixel circuit shown in fig. 10, in the light-emitting period S4, the third scan signal SN3 is input, the third write circuit 240 is turned on, and the third Data signal Data3 is written in the voltage adjustment circuit 230 as the time control signal TC by the third write circuit 240.

As shown in fig. 15 and 16, in the light-emitting stage S4, the third write transistor T3 is turned on by the low level of the third scan signal SN3, so that a third data write path (as shown by the horizontal dotted line with an arrow in fig. 16) can be formed. The third Data signal Data3 charges and discharges the first end of the third storage capacitor C3 through the third Data write path (i.e., the third write transistor T9), so that the potential of the first end of the third storage capacitor C3 becomes Data 3. For example, in some examples, the third Data signal Data3 stored by the third storage capacitor C3 may serve as the aforementioned time control signal TC. For example, the third Data signal Data4 is at a low level to turn on the voltage regulating transistor T8, and the third Data signal Data3 stored in the third storage capacitor C3 may maintain the turn-on state of the voltage regulating transistor T8 during the light-emitting period S4. For example, the turn-on degree of the voltage regulating transistor T8 may be controlled by controlling the magnitude of the third Data signal Data3 to control the charge-discharge speed of the second storage capacitor C2, thereby regulating the turn-on time T of the control transistor T6.

It should be noted that, since the inverter circuit 250 can be regarded as a two-terminal (input terminal and output terminal) device, and no additional control signal is needed to control the inverter circuit 250, the pixel circuit shown in fig. 8 (for example, specifically implemented as the pixel circuit structure shown in fig. 12) can also be driven according to the timing diagram of various control signals shown in fig. 15, and only the polarities of the first power voltage VGG and the second Data signal Data2 need to be changed correspondingly. For example, with the pixel circuit shown in fig. 10, the first power supply voltage VGG is a high level to turn off the control transistor T6, and the second Data signal Data2 is a low level to turn on the control transistor T6; in the pixel circuit shown in fig. 12, the first power supply voltage VGG is at a low level which causes the inverter circuit 250 to output a high level (the high level output from the inverter circuit 250 turns off the control transistor T6), and the second Data signal Data2 is at a high level which causes the inverter circuit 250 to output a low level (the low level output from the inverter circuit 250 turns on the control transistor T6). It should be noted that other aspects of the operation principle of the pixel circuit shown in fig. 12 are substantially the same as the operation principle of the pixel circuit shown in fig. 10, and repeated description is omitted here.

For technical effects of the driving method of the pixel circuit provided by the embodiment of the present disclosure, reference is made to corresponding descriptions about the pixel circuit in the foregoing embodiments, and details are not repeated here.

At least one embodiment of the present disclosure further provides an array substrate. The array substrate comprises a plurality of pixel units arranged in an array, wherein each pixel unit comprises a pixel circuit provided by any one of the above embodiments of the present disclosure, such as the pixel circuit shown in any one of fig. 5-12. For example, each pixel unit further comprises a light emitting element referred to in any of the above embodiments of the present disclosure, for example, the light emitting element comprises a micron-scale light emitting element, such as a μ LED, for example, a micro LED, or the like; it should be noted that the embodiments of the present disclosure are not limited to this.

Fig. 17A is a schematic view of an array substrate according to at least one embodiment of the present disclosure. As shown in fig. 17A, the array substrate 1A includes a plurality of pixel units 50 arranged in an array, a plurality of scanning signal lines, a plurality of light emission control signal lines, a plurality of timing control signal lines, and a plurality of data signal lines. For example, each pixel cell 50 includes the pixel circuit shown in fig. 5 or fig. 7, i.e., the pixel circuit does not include the third write circuit 240. Note that only a part of the pixel unit 50, the scanning signal line, the light emission control signal line, the timing control signal line, and the data signal line is shown in fig. 17A. For example, G _ N-1, G _ N, G _ N +1, and G _ N +2 respectively denote scanning signal lines for the N-1 st, N +1 st, and N +2 nd rows of the array, E _ N-1, E _ N, E _ N +1, and E _ N +2 respectively denote light emission control signal lines for the N-1 st, N +1 th, N +2 th rows of the array, and T _ N-1, T _ N, T _ N +1, and T _ N +2 respectively denote time control signal lines for the N-1 st, N +1 th, and N +2 th rows of the array; d1_ M and D2_ M denote data signal lines for the M-th column of the array, and D1_ M +1 and D2_ M +1 denote data signal lines for the M + 1-th column of the array. Here, N is, for example, an integer greater than 1, and M is, for example, an integer greater than 0.

For example, the first write circuit 120 and the compensation circuit 130 in the pixel circuit of each row are connected to the scan signal line of the present row to receive the first scan signal SN 1; the reset circuit 150 in the pixel circuit of each row is connected to the scan signal line of the previous row to receive the reset signal RS, and for example, for the reset circuit 150 in the pixel circuit of the first row, there may be an additional scan signal line to supply the reset signal RS thereto; the second write circuit 220 in the pixel circuit of each row is connected to the scan signal line of the next row to receive the second scan signal SN2, for example, for the second write circuit 220 in the pixel circuit of the last row, there may be another additional scan signal line for which the second scan signal SN2 is supplied; the light emission control circuit 140 in the pixel circuit of each row is connected to the light emission control signal line of the present row to receive the light emission control signal EM; the voltage adjusting circuit 230 in each row of pixel circuits is connected to the time control signal line of the row to receive the time control signal TC.

For example, each column of pixel units corresponds to two Data signal lines, the first write circuit 120 and the second write circuit 220 in the odd-numbered sequence of pixel circuits in the column of pixel units are both connected to one of the two corresponding Data signal lines, and the first write circuit 120 and the second write circuit 220 in the even-numbered sequence of pixel circuits in the column of pixel units are both connected to the other of the two corresponding Data signal lines (corresponding to the case where the first write circuit 120 and the second write circuit 220 share the same Data signal terminal), so that the first write circuit 120 and the second write circuit 220 in each pixel circuit can respectively receive the first Data signal Data1 and the second Data signal Data2 from the same Data signal line. That is, each of the two Data signal lines may time-divisionally provide the first Data signal Data1 and the second Data signal Data 2. It should be noted that the embodiments of the present disclosure include but are not limited thereto. For example, the first write circuit 120 and the second write circuit 220 may use different data signal terminals. For example, in some examples (different from the case shown in fig. 17A), each column of pixel units corresponds to two Data signal lines, the first write circuits 120 in the pixel circuits in the present column of pixel units are each connected to one of the corresponding two Data signal lines to receive the first Data signal Data1, and the second write circuits 220 in the pixel circuits in the present column of pixel units are each connected to the other of the corresponding two Data signal lines to receive the second Data signal Data 2. That is, one of the two Data signal lines supplies only the first Data signal Data1, and the other supplies only the second Data signal Data 2.

For example, as shown in fig. 17A, two data signal lines corresponding to each column of pixel units may be disposed on the same side of the column of pixel units; alternatively, unlike the case shown in fig. 17A, two data signal lines corresponding to each column of pixel units may be disposed on different sides of the present column of pixel units. It should be noted that, the specific arrangement and position of the plurality of data signal lines are not limited by the embodiments of the present disclosure. In addition, the embodiments of the disclosure do not limit the specific arrangement and positions of the plurality of scanning signal lines, the plurality of light-emitting control signal lines, and the plurality of timing control signal lines.

Fig. 17B is a schematic view of another array substrate according to at least one embodiment of the present disclosure. As shown in fig. 17B, the array substrate 1B includes a plurality of pixel units 50 arranged in an array, a plurality of scanning signal lines, a plurality of light emission control signal lines, and a plurality of data signal lines. For example, each pixel cell 50 includes the pixel circuit shown in fig. 6 or 8, i.e., the pixel circuit includes the third write circuit 240. Note that only a part of the pixel unit 50, the scanning signal line, the light emission control signal line, and the data signal line is shown in fig. 17B. For example, G _3n-2, G _3n-1, G _3n, and G _3n +1 denote scanning signal lines for the 3n-2 rd, 3n-1 th, 3n th, and 3n +1 th rows of the array, respectively, and E _3n-2, E _3n-1, E _3n, and E _3n +1 denote light emission control signal lines for the 3n-2 rd, 3n-1 th, 3n th, and 3n +1 th rows of the array, respectively; d1_ M, D2_ M and D3_ M denote data signal lines for the M-th column of the array, and D1_ M +1, D2_ M +1 and D3_ M +1 denote data signal lines for the M + 1-th column of the array. Here, n is, for example, an integer greater than 0, and M is, for example, an integer greater than 0.

For example, the first write circuit 120 and the compensation circuit 130 in the pixel circuit of each row are connected to the scan signal line of the present row to receive the first scan signal SN 1; the reset circuit 150 in the pixel circuit of each row is connected to the scan signal line of the previous row to receive the reset signal RS, and for example, for the reset circuit 150 in the pixel circuit of the first row, there may be an additional scan signal line to supply the reset signal RS thereto; the second write circuit 220 in the pixel circuit of each row is connected to the scan signal line of the next row to receive the second scan signal SN2, for example, for the second write circuit 220 in the pixel circuit of the last row, there may be another additional scan signal line for which the second scan signal SN2 is supplied; the third write circuit 240 in each row of pixel circuits is connected to the scan signal lines in the next two rows (i.e. the next row of the next row) to receive the third scan signal SN3, and for example, for the third write circuit 240 in the next to last row of pixel circuits, the third scan signal SN3 is provided by the other extra scan signal line, and for the third write circuit 240 in the last row of pixel circuits, there may be another extra scan signal line to provide the second scan signal SN 2; the light emission control circuit 140 in the pixel circuit of each row is connected to the light emission control signal line of the present row to receive the light emission control signal EM.

For example, each column of pixel units corresponds to three data signal lines, the first write circuit 120, the second write circuit 220, and the third write circuit 240 in the pixel circuits of the 3n-2 th sequence (n is 1,2,3, …) in the pixel unit of this column are all connected to the first data signal line (e.g., D1_ M, D1_ M +1), the first write circuit 120, the second write circuit 220, and the third write circuit 240 in the pixel circuits of the 3n-1 th sequence (n is 1,2,3, …) in the pixel unit of this column are all connected to the second data signal line (e.g., D2_ M, D2_ M +1), the first write circuit 120, the second write circuit 220, and the third write circuit 240 in the pixel circuits of the 3n th sequence (n is 1,2,3, …) in the pixel unit of this column are all connected to the third data signal line (e.g., d3_ M, D3_ M +1) (corresponding to the case where the aforementioned first write circuit 120 and second write circuit 220 share the same Data signal terminal), so that the first write circuit 120, second write circuit 220, and third write circuit 240 in each pixel circuit can receive the first Data signal Data1, second Data signal Data2, and third Data signal Data3, respectively, from the same Data signal line. That is, each of the three Data signal lines may time-divisionally provide the first Data signal Data1, the second Data signal Data2, and the third Data signal Data 3. It should be noted that the embodiments of the present disclosure include but are not limited thereto. For example, the first write circuit 120, the second write circuit 220, and the third write circuit 240 may use different data signal terminals. For example, in some examples (different from the case shown in fig. 17B), each column of pixel units corresponds to three Data signal lines, the first write circuits 120 in the pixel circuits in the present column of pixel units are all connected to the first Data signal line (e.g., D1_ M, D1_ M +1) to receive the first Data signal Data1, the second write circuits 220 in the pixel circuits in the present column of pixel units are all connected to the second Data signal line (e.g., D2_ M, D2_ M +1) to receive the second Data signal Data2, and the third write circuits 224 in the pixel circuits in the present column of pixel units are all connected to the third Data signal line (e.g., D3_ M, D3_ M +1) to receive the third Data signal Data 3. That is, a first one of the three Data signal lines supplies only the first Data signal Data1, a second one supplies only the second Data signal Data2, and a third one supplies only the third Data signal Data 3.

It should be noted that the wirings in the array substrate shown in fig. 17A and 17B are exemplary, and the embodiment of the present disclosure is not limited thereto. For example, the wiring pattern in the array substrate shown in fig. 17A or 17B can simplify the development layout and can be applied to a large-size and high-frame-rate display application.

For technical effects of the array substrate provided by at least one embodiment of the present disclosure, reference may be made to corresponding descriptions about the pixel circuit in the above embodiments, and details are not repeated here.

At least one embodiment of the present disclosure also provides a display device. Fig. 18 is a schematic view of a display device according to at least one embodiment of the present disclosure. As shown in fig. 18, the display device may include an array substrate 1 (e.g., the

aforementioned array substrate

1A or 1B) provided in any of the above-mentioned embodiments of the present disclosure, where the array substrate 1 includes a plurality of pixel units arranged in an array, and each pixel unit includes a pixel circuit 10 (e.g., the

aforementioned pixel circuit

10, 10A, 10B, 10C) provided in any of the above-mentioned embodiments of the present disclosure. The display device may further include a scan driving circuit 20 and a data driving circuit 30.

For example, the scan driving circuit 20 may be connected to a plurality of scan signal lines GL (e.g., G _ N-1, G _ N, G _ N +1, and G _ N +2 in the array substrate 1A shown in fig. 17A, or G _3N-2, G _3N-1, G _3N, and G _3N +1 in the array substrate 1B shown in fig. 17B, etc.) to supply the reset signal RS and scan signals (e.g., the first scan signal SN1, the second scan signal SN2, the third scan signal SN 3); meanwhile, the scan driving circuit 20 may be further connected to a plurality of emission control signal lines EL (e.g., E _ N-1, E _ N, E _ N +1, E _ N +2, etc. in the array substrate 1A shown in fig. 17A, or E _3N-2, E _3N-1, E _3N +1, etc. in the array substrate 1B shown in fig. 17B) to supply the emission control signal EM. The reset signal RS, the first scan signal SN1, the second scan signal SN2, and the third scan signal SN3 are all relative, and for example, the first scan signal SN1 of a pixel circuit in a certain row may be the reset signal RS of a pixel circuit in the next row, may be the second scan signal SN2 of a pixel circuit in the previous row, or may be the third scan signal SN2 of a pixel circuit in the two upper rows (i.e., the upper row in the previous row). For example, in some examples (e.g., the array substrate 1 is the array substrate 1A shown in fig. 17A), the scan driving circuit 20 may be further connected to a plurality of timing control signal lines (e.g., T _ N-1, T _ N, T _ N +1, T _ N +2, etc. in the array substrate 1A shown in fig. 17A, not shown in fig. 18) to provide the timing control signal TC. For example, the scan driving circuit may be implemented by a bound integrated circuit driving chip, or the scan driving circuit may be directly integrated On the display panel to form a goa (gate driver On array).

For example, the Data driving circuit 30 may be connected to a plurality of Data signal lines DL (e.g., D1_ M, D2_ M, D1_ M +1 and D2_ M +1 in the array substrate 1A shown in fig. 17A, or the like, or D1_ M, D2_ M, D3_ M, D1_ M +1, D2_ M +1 and D3_ M +1 in the array substrate 1B shown in fig. 17B, or the like) to provide Data signals (e.g., a first Data signal Data1, a second Data signal Data2, a third Data signal Data 3). For example, the data driving circuit 30 may be implemented by a bonded integrated circuit driving chip.

For example, the display device may further include other components, such as a timing controller, a signal decoding circuit, a voltage conversion circuit, etc., and these components may adopt conventional components or structures, which are not described herein again.

For example, the driving method of the pixel circuits (refer to the timing diagram shown in fig. 13 or fig. 15) and the corresponding wiring manner of the array substrate can be combined to implement a progressive scanning process for the display device, and the respective stages of each row of pixel circuits can be described with reference to the embodiment shown in fig. 13 or fig. 15. It should be noted that, in the progressive scanning process, control signals such as a scanning signal and a light emission control signal are applied line by line in accordance with the timing signal.

For example, the display device in this embodiment may be: any product or component with a display function, such as a display panel, a display, a television, an electronic paper display device, a mobile phone, a tablet computer, a notebook computer, a digital photo frame, a navigator and the like. It should be noted that the display device may further include other conventional components or structures, for example, in order to implement the necessary functions of the display device, a person skilled in the art may set other conventional components or structures according to a specific application scenario, and the embodiment of the disclosure is not limited thereto.

For technical effects of the display device provided by at least one embodiment of the present disclosure, reference may be made to corresponding descriptions about the pixel circuit in the above embodiments, and details are not repeated here.

For the present disclosure, there are the following points to be explained:

(1) the drawings of the embodiments of the disclosure only relate to the structures related to the embodiments of the disclosure, and other structures can refer to the common design.

(2) Without conflict, embodiments of the present disclosure and features of the embodiments may be combined with each other to arrive at new embodiments.

The above description is only exemplary of the present disclosure and is not intended to limit the scope of the present disclosure, and any person skilled in the art can easily conceive of changes or substitutions within the technical scope of the present disclosure and shall be covered by the scope of the present disclosure. Accordingly, the scope of the disclosure is to be determined by the claims that follow.

Claims

A pixel circuit includes a first adjusting circuit and a second adjusting circuit; wherein the content of the first and second substances,

the first adjusting circuit is configured to receive a first data signal and a light-emitting control signal to control the magnitude of a driving current for driving the light-emitting element to emit light;

the second adjustment circuit is configured to receive a second data signal and a timing control signal to control a timing of the application of the driving current to the light emitting element,

wherein the timing control signal varies over a time period during which the emission control signal allows the drive current to be generated.
The pixel circuit according to claim 1, wherein the second adjusting circuit comprises a first control circuit and a second control circuit;

the first control circuit comprises a first control end, a first end and a second end;

the second control circuit is configured to control a level of the first control terminal of the first control circuit using the second data signal and the time control signal to control a time when the driving current flows through the first and second terminals of the first control circuit.
The pixel circuit according to claim 2, wherein the first control circuit comprises a control transistor;

the grid electrode of the control transistor is used as a first control end of the first control circuit and is electrically connected with the second control circuit, the first pole of the control transistor is used as a first end of the first control circuit, and the second pole of the control transistor is used as a second end of the first control circuit.
A pixel circuit according to claim 2 or 3, wherein the second control circuit includes a second write circuit and a voltage adjustment circuit;

the second write circuit is configured to write the second data signal to the first node in response to a second scan signal;

the voltage adjustment circuit is configured to store the written second data signal and adjust a level of the first node in response to the timing control signal.
The pixel circuit according to claim 4, wherein the second control circuit further comprises a third write circuit;

the third write circuit is configured to write a third data signal to the voltage adjustment circuit as the time control signal in response to a third scan signal.
The pixel circuit according to claim 5, wherein the second write circuit comprises a second write transistor, the voltage regulating circuit comprises a voltage regulating transistor and a second storage capacitor;

a gate of the second write transistor is connected to a second scan signal terminal to receive the second scan signal, a first pole of the second write transistor is connected to a second data signal terminal to receive the second data signal, and a second pole of the second write transistor is connected to the first node;

a gate of the voltage regulating transistor is connected to a time control signal terminal to receive the time control signal, a first pole of the voltage regulating transistor is connected to a first power supply terminal to receive a first power supply voltage, and a second pole of the voltage regulating transistor is connected to the first node;

a first terminal of the second storage capacitor is connected to the first node, and a second terminal of the second storage capacitor is connected to the first power supply terminal.
The pixel circuit according to claim 6, wherein the voltage regulation circuit further comprises a time-controlled resistance;

the first electrode of the voltage regulating transistor is connected with the first power supply end through the time control resistor.
A pixel circuit according to claim 6 or 7, wherein the third write circuit includes a third write transistor and a third storage capacitor;

a gate of the third write transistor is connected to a third scan signal terminal to receive the third scan signal, a first pole of the third write transistor is connected to a third data signal terminal to receive the third data signal, and a second pole of the third write transistor is connected to a gate of the voltage adjustment transistor;

the first end of the third storage capacitor is connected with the grid electrode of the voltage regulating transistor, and the second end of the third storage capacitor is connected with the first pole of the voltage regulating transistor.
A pixel circuit according to any one of claims 4-8,

the first control end of the first control circuit is connected with the first node.
A pixel circuit according to any one of claims 4-8, wherein the second control circuit further comprises an inverting circuit,

the inverter circuit comprises an input end and an output end, the input end of the inverter circuit is connected with the first node, the output end of the inverter circuit is connected with the first control end of the first control circuit, and the inverter circuit is configured to generate an output signal which is in phase opposition to the input signal according to the input signal received by the input end and output the output signal to the first control end of the first control circuit.
The pixel circuit according to claim 10, wherein the inverter circuit comprises a first transistor and a second transistor;

the first transistor is of a different type than the second transistor;

the gate of the first transistor and the gate of the second transistor are connected to the first node, the second pole of the first transistor and the second pole of the second transistor are connected to the first control terminal of the first control circuit, the first pole of the first transistor is connected to the first voltage terminal to receive a first voltage, the first pole of the second transistor is connected to the second voltage terminal to receive a second voltage, and the first voltage is different from the second voltage.
The pixel circuit according to any of claims 4-11, wherein the second write circuit and the first adjustment circuit are each connected to a same data signal terminal configured to provide a respective corresponding data signal to the second write circuit and the first adjustment circuit at different time periods.
The pixel circuit according to any one of claims 2 to 12, wherein the first adjustment circuit includes a drive circuit, a first write circuit, a compensation circuit, and a light emission control circuit;

the driving circuit comprises a second control terminal, a third terminal and a fourth terminal, and is configured to control a driving current for driving the light emitting element to emit light, which flows through the third terminal and the fourth terminal of the driving circuit;

the first write circuit is configured to write a first data signal into the second control terminal of the drive circuit in response to a first scan signal;

the compensation circuit is configured to store the written first data signal and compensate the driving circuit in response to the first scan signal;

the light emission control circuit is configured to apply a second power supply voltage to a third terminal of the driving circuit in response to the light emission control signal.
The pixel circuit according to claim 13, wherein the drive circuit comprises a drive transistor;

the grid electrode of the driving transistor is used as a second control end of the driving circuit and connected with a second node, the first pole of the driving transistor is used as a third end of the driving circuit and connected with a third node, and the second pole of the driving transistor is used as a fourth end of the driving circuit and connected with a fourth node.
The pixel circuit according to claim 14, wherein the first write circuit comprises a first write transistor;

the gate of the first write transistor is connected to a first scan signal terminal to receive the first scan signal, the first pole of the first write transistor is connected to a first data signal terminal to receive the first data signal, and the second pole of the first write transistor is connected to the third node.
A pixel circuit according to claim 14 or 15, wherein the compensation circuit includes a compensation transistor and a first storage capacitor,

the gate of the compensation transistor is connected to the first scanning signal terminal to receive the first scanning signal, the first pole of the compensation transistor is connected to the fourth node, the second pole of the compensation transistor is connected to the second node, the first end of the first storage capacitor is connected to the second node, and the second end of the first storage capacitor is connected to the second power terminal.
A pixel circuit according to any one of claims 14-16, wherein the emission control circuit includes an emission control transistor;

the grid of the light-emitting control transistor is connected with the light-emitting control signal end to receive the light-emitting control signal, the first pole of the light-emitting control transistor is connected with the second power supply end to receive the second power supply voltage, and the second pole of the light-emitting control transistor is connected with the third node.
A pixel circuit according to any one of claims 14-17, wherein the first adjusting circuit further comprises a reset circuit;

the reset circuit is configured to apply a reset voltage to the second control terminal of the driving circuit in response to a reset signal.
The pixel circuit according to claim 18, wherein the reset circuit comprises a reset transistor;

the grid electrode of the reset transistor is connected with a reset signal end to receive the reset signal, the first pole of the reset transistor is connected with a reset voltage end to receive the reset voltage, and the second pole of the reset transistor is connected with the second node.
A pixel circuit according to any one of claims 13-19, wherein a first terminal of the first control circuit is connected to a fourth terminal of the driving circuit, a second terminal of the first control circuit is connected to a first pole of the light emitting element, and a second pole of the light emitting element is connected to a third power supply terminal for receiving a third power supply voltage.
An array substrate comprises a plurality of pixel units arranged in an array; wherein the content of the first and second substances,

each of the pixel cells comprises the pixel circuit according to any one of claims 1 to 20 and the light emitting element.
The array substrate of claim 21, wherein the light emitting elements in the pixel cells comprise micron-sized light emitting elements.
A display device, comprising: the array substrate of claim 21 or 22.
A driving method of the pixel circuit according to claim 1, comprising:

causing the first adjusting circuit to receive the first data signal and the light emission control signal and to control a magnitude of a driving current for driving the light emitting element; and

causing the second adjusting circuit to receive the second data signal and the timing control signal, and to control a timing at which the driving current is applied to the light emitting element, wherein the timing control signal varies over a period of time during which the light emission control signal allows the driving current to be generated.
The driving method of claim 24, wherein the first regulating circuit includes a first control circuit and a second control circuit, the first control circuit including a first control terminal, a first terminal, and a second terminal, the second control circuit configured to control a level of the first control terminal of the first control circuit using the second data signal and the timing control signal to control a timing at which the driving current flows through the first and second terminals of the first control circuit;

the driving method comprises a light-emitting phase, wherein,

in the light emitting phase, the second control circuit controls the level of the first control terminal of the first control circuit by using the second data signal and the time control signal, so that the first control circuit is switched from an on state to an off state, and the time of the driving current flowing through the first terminal and the second terminal of the first control circuit is controlled.